The principal objective of the Santee Water Quality Project is to identify hotspots of water contamination in Santee and determine if these hotspots change over time. To this aim, researchers in the Environmental Hydrology class at San Diego State University pursued existing water quality data and accessed digital elevation models and land use shapefiles to […]
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As part of a semester-long study, two sections of Geography 354: The Geography of Cities, participated in the Sage Project. The Sage Project is a collaboration between San Diego State University (SDSU) and the city of National City to engage students and fac-ulty in assisting local governments with projects that enhance the city’s economy, land-scape, […]
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This paper details the results of a partnership between Criminal Justice 497 at San Diego State University (SDSU) and the National City Police Department examining questions related to police leadership, culture, transparency, and oversight. Nationwide, police oversight and transparency have been recently called into question after several highly publicized incidents of alleged police misconduct. This […]
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The redevelopment ideas summarized in this report were produced by students at San Diego State University in collaboration with the City of Lemon Grove. Students enrolled in the Finance 437, taught by Professor Dana Kuhn, created development plans for both industrial and mixed-use parcels of land in Lemon Grove. The industrial parcel is located near […]
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The National City Capital Improvement Program is a used to identify portions of the City’s physical infrastructure in need of improvement and coordinate projects of similar types. As part of the Capital Improvement Program the National City Bicycle Master Plan was developed to present new developments in bicycle transportation, recreation, sustainability, and quality of life […]
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TrinityEngineering(TE) has beencontractedto reviseand updatethe City of LemonGrove’sStormDrainMasterPlan.Due to the magnitudeof this projectTE will focusonly on theNorthwestboundaryof the city, a drainagebasinlabeledArea138. Aftercompletionof theDrainageMasterPlanTE’sworkwill be passedto futureSDSUstudentsin coordinationwiththe SageProjectto completea differentdrainagearea of their choice Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. The Sage Project Contact Info Kristofer Patron Program Administrator kpatron@sdsu.edu (619) […]
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The goal of this project is to improve the storm water infrastructure, pedestrian safety and connectivity, and the naturalization of Paradise Creek in the areas of National City surrounding Kimball Elementary School. Due to dated infrastructure, the area of interest is subjected to extreme flooding as the result of: a) heavy rain which exceeds the […]
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